Review of ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC: Youthful Design, Powerful Performance with AMD Ryzen 5, Over 5 Hours Battery Life

In September 2021, ASUS introduced the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC priced under 26.6 million (price at Mytour). This new addition to the Vivobook series is targeted at young users with a design tailored for creative and professional content creators. So, what configuration does ASUS equip the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC with? How is the user experience with Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC? Let's dive into the review of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC below to find the answers!

Youthful and Dynamic Design of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC

ASUS has crafted a minimalist and elegant appearance for the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC, featuring a silver color tone that exudes both dynamism and youthfulness. Personally, I find this design suitable for young users. The sleek ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC is evident in its brushed metal finish of the A side and the ASUS Vivobook logo.

Additionally, the Vivobook logo on the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC is entirely new, looking unique and eye-catching, creating a prominent highlight on the front of the product. Despite these changes, ASUS maintains the core values of the Vivobook series in the design, emphasizing its slim and lightweight nature. The Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC weighs only 1.65 kg and is less than 19 mm thick. While not overly impressive, these figures are sufficient for you to comfortably carry the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC in a backpack or bag, providing inspiration for studying and working wherever you go.

Looking at the left side of the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC, we find 2 USB 2.0 ports. On the right side of the device, you'll find the microSD card reader, Thunderbolt 4 port, HDMI port, 1 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, charging port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Overall, the connectivity ports on the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC are sure to meet your study/work needs.

Opening up, the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC features a spacious full-size keyboard with keys covered in an anti-smudge matte layer. The keys provide a good typing experience with deep travel and high bounce. Additionally, the keyboard is equipped with a single-color LED backlight, allowing you to use the laptop easily in various lighting conditions such as during meetings or in low-light environments.

The laptop also includes a one-touch fingerprint sensor integrated into the power button, allowing you to quickly unlock the device and enhance security. A notable highlight on the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC keyboard is the enter key with striking and attractive stripe patterns.

The TouchPad on the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC is another aspect that I highly appreciate. The laptop's touchpad is generously sized for comfortable navigation. Moreover, the TouchPad surface is coated with a matte layer, providing a smooth and seamless touch experience.

Vibrant Display with ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED

One of the standout features on the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC is its OLED display. Personally, I appreciate this display technology for its vivid, bright visuals, high contrast, and deep black levels. The experience of viewing content on this screen is delightful, especially when watching movies or images. Moreover, the laptop's screen reduces 70% of harmful blue light during long study or work sessions, enhancing eye comfort.

The ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC boasts a 15.6-inch screen with NanoEdge-designed bezels, giving it a sleek appearance and maximizing the screen-to-body ratio. This design makes the laptop compact and easy to fit into a backpack while providing a large, immersive display.

In terms of display capabilities, the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC comes with a sharp Full HD resolution screen with 100% DCI-P3 color coverage and HDR technology, providing true-to-life, vibrant visuals. This feature is particularly appealing for graphic design work. Additionally, the screen boasts a brightness of up to 600 nits, allowing for easy productivity or entertainment in various lighting conditions.

ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC - Powerful Configuration for Work and Entertainment

The detailed specifications of the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC (version available at Mytour) are as follows:

• CPU: Powered by AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with a clock speed of 3.3GHz.
• RAM: 8 GB DDR4 (on board) clocked at 3200 MHz.
• Storage: 512 GB SSD NVMe PCIe (upgradeable up to 2 TB).
• Display: 15.6-inch Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels).
• Dedicated GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 with 4 GB VRAM.

Empowered by the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H processor, 8 GB RAM, and a 512 GB SSD (expandable up to 2 TB), the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC enables seamless multitasking and ample data storage. Going beyond, it is equipped with the dedicated NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6 graphics card, ensuring smooth graphics processing and excelling in creative content tasks like video editing, 3D modeling, and AI applications.

To provide you with a more visual understanding of the laptop's performance, I've conducted a quick performance check using software such as Geekbench 5, Cinebench R23, and 3DMark. Here are the results:

- GeekBench 5:

• Single-core/Multi-core: 1,418 points/6,216 points.
• GPU Compute: 54,853 points.

- Cinebench R23 (Single-core/Multi-core): 1,356 points/7,631 points.

- 3DMark Time Spy: 4,306 points.

Overall, the results above are extremely impressive for a laptop under 27 million VND like ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC. I believe the device will deliver a smooth user experience. Surprisingly, I can multitask with various tasks on ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC stably, despite having only 8 GB RAM.

In addition to performance ratings, I also tested two games, FIFA Online 4 and Forza Horizon 4, on ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC. For both games, I set the graphics to the highest level and used MSI Afterburner software to measure FPS, CPU temperature, RAM consumption, etc., providing you with a more visual understanding.

Firstly, in FIFA Online 4, every player's gesture and detail in the game are authentically reproduced by ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC, vivid and realistic. The ASUS laptop can maintain a frame rate of approximately 40 - 60 FPS throughout a match. Sometimes, sudden transition effects like goal replays, slow-motion, etc., may cause the FPS to drop to around 30 FPS, but I still find the experience relatively stable.

Next is Forza Horizon 4, a game with much heavier graphics compared to FIFA Online 4 above, but ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED still has no difficulty handling this game. It not only provides a smooth gaming experience with FPS fluctuating between 60 - 75 FPS (due to screen recording, the machine's frame rate may drop below 60 FPS). Moreover, ASUS laptop surprisingly reproduces details in the game extremely well, from the sky, surrounding scenery to various collision effects, all are sharp and realistic.

Additionally, I utilized Crystal Diskmark software to measure the read/write speed of the SSD inside ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC. The results I obtained are quite impressive, as follows:

• Read speed: 3,605 MB/s.
• Write speed: 993 MB/s.

I must admit that the read/write speed of the hard drive in ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC is quite impressive. In cases where we need to copy or move data, files from the computer to an external hard drive, the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC only takes a few seconds to complete.

ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC boasts over 5 hours of continuous battery life along with effective heat dissipation

Not only limited to performance advantages, but the battery life of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC also leaves a lasting impression. I used BatteryMon software to test the 63 Wh battery of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC, and I divided it into 2 different usage scenarios. Here are the results:

- Scenario 1: Regular tasks with no gaming:

• Battery life: 5 hours and 18 minutes.
• Measurement time: 1 hour.
• Screen 100%, volume 70%, and power-saving mode off.
• Backlit keyboard is on.
• Bluetooth connection enabled for keyboard and USB mouse connected.

- Scenario 2: Regular tasks with 20 minutes of gaming.

• Battery life: 2 hours and 30 minutes.
• Measurement time: 1 hour.
• Screen 100%, volume 70%, and power-saving mode off.
• Backlit keyboard is on.
• Bluetooth connection enabled for keyboard and USB mouse connected.

After the two scenarios above, we can observe that the battery life of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC will last longer with basic usage, work, and light entertainment tasks. In the case of gaming combined with basic tasks, this laptop will provide over 2 hours of battery life. Although the battery life of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC is impressive, I recommend carrying the charger with you when going out for study/work to ensure maximum performance and battery life.

In terms of cooling capability, ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC will always maintain maximum performance thanks to the advanced ASUS IceCool Plus cooling technology. The cooling system includes 2 large 83-blade fans combined with 2 heat pipes and 2 air vents. Users can flexibly choose between 3 cooling modes: Performance/Standard/Whisper based on their actual usage needs.

For a more visual understanding, I used HWiNFO64 software to check the cooling performance of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC. During the test, the laptop was subjected to tasks such as gaming, working, opening multiple Chrome tabs, and continuous use of Photoshop for 1 hour. The highest CPU temperature recorded on ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC was over 59 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature was around 46.3 degrees Celsius.

Personally, I find the above temperature figures very impressive, and throughout the usage of ASUS Vivobook Pro OLED, I noticed that the laptop does not heat up too quickly. Both the palm rest area and the keyboard remain cool. The optimized temperature ensures that ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC always achieves maximum performance, allowing me to handle multiple tasks quickly.

How much does ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC cost? Is it worth buying?

As mentioned at the beginning of the article, the AMD Ryzen 5 variant of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC is priced under 26.6 million VND (prices at Mytour may vary depending on timing and promotional programs). Personally, I find this to be a reasonable price for a laptop targeting content creators, featuring a beautiful design, powerful configuration, and a vibrant OLED display.

How about you? What's your evaluation of ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED M3500QC? Leave your comments below to let us know! Thank you for reading my entire article.

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